Late Winter Planting

As I mentioned earlier, we've had a warm snap. I hope I'm not pushing the weather envelope too much by establishing a late winter planting. Tree buds are starting to swell so perhaps I'm right taking a cue from mother nature. Here you see swiss chard 'bright lights' and a green leaf lettuce squeezed in.

In my bin I've planted arugula, red leaf lettuce, green leaf lettuce, stir fry broccoli (perhaps it's broccolini) and more of the same bright lights swiss chard. If we get a freeze I'll cover the plants with a sheet. I've never grown arugula before. I've been reading it's extremely nutritious, lots of vitamin K and other benefits. I wish I had more room to put more bins but then again I'd have to take care of them all.

To the right of the bin is my four foot rosemary plant which looks like it might have died. However, I've learned waiting till the middle of summer is best because many plants come back as late as that. This comes from years of gardening experience. We shall see.

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